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| Year : 2022 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 78-82 |
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Paediatric osteoarticular infections caused by staphylococcus aureus producing panton–valentine leucocidin in morocco: Risk factors and clinical features
Kaoutar Moutaouakkil1, Hicham Abdellaoui2, Btissam Arhoune1, Karima Atarraf2, Samira El Fakir3, Ghita Yahyaoui4, Mustapha Mahmoud4, Moulay Abderrahmane Afifi2, Bouchra Oumokhtar1
1 Microbiology and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco
2 Pediatric Orthopedic Traumatology Department, Hassan II University Teaching Hospital, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco
3 Laboratory of Epidemiology, Clinical Research and Community Health- Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco
4 Central Laboratory of Medical Analysis, Hassan II University Teaching Hospital, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco
Correspondence Address:
Prof. Bouchra Oumokhtar
Microbiology and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, Fez
Morocco
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DOI: 10.4103/ajps.AJPS_18_21
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Objective: We aimed to estimate the prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus producing Panton–Valentine leucocidin (PVL) isolated from children diagnosed with osteoarticular infections (OAIs), and to examine risk factors and clinical features. Methods: This prospective study was conducted from January 2017 to December 2018. All hospitalised children diagnosed with S. aureus OAI are included. Blood cultures, articular fluids, synovial tissues and/or bone fragments were collected for bacteriological culture. Antimicrobial susceptibility tests were determined by disk diffusion method. Genes encoding methicillin resistance (mecA) and PVL virulence factors (luk-S-PV and luk-F-PV) were detected by multiplex polymerase chain reaction. The demographic, clinical, laboratory, radiographic and clinical features were reviewed prospectively from medical records. Results: A total of 37 children with S. aureus OAIs were included, 46% of them have PVL-positive infection and 70.6% were male. The mean age was 8.12 years (±4.57), and almost were from rural settings (76.5%). Children with Staphylococcus aureus producing Panton–Valentine leucocidin (SA-PVL) were significantly associated with type of infection (P = 0.005), location of infection (P = 0.037) and abnormal X-ray (P = 0.029). All strains SA-PVL+ are sensitive to methicillin, but one strain SA-PVL negative was methicillin-resistant S. aureus, confirmed by gene mecA positive. Conclusion: The prevalence of S. aureus infections producing PVL toxin was high in OAIs amongst Moroccan children, mainly due to methicillin-susceptible S. aureus. Type and location of infections and abnormal X-ray were significantly associated with SA-PVL. Routine diagnostic testing of PVL-SA, continuous epidemiological surveillance and multidisciplinary management of OAI is essential to prevent serious complications.
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